Paint strainer



April 6, 1943.

TTORNELY Patented Apr. 6, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAINTSTRAINER Anthony Dariano, San Jose, Calif. Application May 9, 1941,Serial No. 392,693

1 Claim.

It is quite often necessary for a painter to pass his paint through astrainer cloth to remove the non-liquid material that may have gatheredthere, particularly the fragments of the skin that forms on the paintand on the sides of the paint bucket when it is allowed to stand awhile,and which mixes in with the paint when it is stirred.

In applying the strainer cloth it is customary to lay it over the top ofthe bucket provided to receive the paint and secure it in position bypassing a string or cord around the top portion of the bucket and overthe cloth and then tie it tightly thereon. This method of securing thecloth in place is not at all satisfactory because the paint is veryheavy, and if the string is not drawn tightly about the bucket andsecurely tied the weight of the paint poured onto the cloth will causeit to slide on the top edge of the bucket and allow the cloth to descendtoo far into the interior thereof, sometimes even drawing an edge of thecloth over the edge of the bucket and allowing paint to flow into thebucket without being strained. Furthermore, considerable time is wastedin finding a suitable string or cord and in making the properadjustment.

It is one object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a meanswhereby the strainer cloth can be quickly and easily mounted over thetop of a bucket, and in such a manner that it will be positively andsecurely held in the position in which itis placed regardless of theweight placed thereon.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a means of thecharacter indicated that will be economical to manufacture, simple inform and construction, strong, durable, and highly efficient in itspractical application.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through a device embodying myinvention in operative position on a bucket, with a strainer clothmounted thereon, and with a portion of the bucket broken away.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same with the strainer cloth removed.

Figure 3 is a detail section through another form of bucket with adevice embodying my invention mounted thereon, partly broken away.

The specific form of the invention disclosed herein comprises an annulusof sheet metal I having an outside diameter such that it will slideeasily, but closely, into the mouth of the bucket 2. Struck outwardlyand upwardly from the sides of the annulus l are several lips as 3,these lips being just long enough to overlie and seat upon the rim ofthe bucket upon which the device is to be placed. The top edge of theannulus is provided with a continuous row of upstanding teeth 4. a

In use it is only necessary to place the device in the position shown,and then spread the strainer cloth thereover and pull it down upon theteeth 4 so the teeth 4 will pass therethrough. The cloth 5 may, ofcourse, be mounted on the device before it is placed in position on thebucket, but in either case the teeth 4 will hold it securely in positionregardless of the weight of the liquid poured thereon.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 3 it is shown that the device may beas easily fitted to a bucket or can having an inwardly turned flange onits top edge as to the type shown in Figure 1. In this case the lips 3may rest upon the inwardly turned flange 6 as shown on can 1, or on thetop edge as shown in Figure 1.

A particular advantage of the form of the device disclosed is that itobviates the necessity of using clips, strings, or any other form offastening means, to hold the device on the bucket or to hold the clothon the device, yet the more weight that is placed on the cloth thetighter the device will seat on the bucket. This is because the ring iscomplete and consequently when an inward pull is applied to thediametrically opposite sides of its top edge a corresponding outwardurge is applied to its lower edge causing the said lower edge to seattightly against the inner surface of the bucket in Figure 1, or to swingunder the flange 6 as in Figure 3. In either case the weight of thepaint on the strainer 5 operates to lock the device fixedly in position.

In order to function in the manner described the annulus I is made ofsheet metal or any suitable material having some degree of resiliency.And while the teeth 4 are shown and described as being continuous aroundthe annulus edge, the device would function more or less perfectly ifthe row of teeth were broken, but experience. has shown that acontinuous row of teeth is the most satisfactory.

Having thus described any invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

A strainer-cloth holder comprising, an annulus of resilient sheet metalor the like having a diameter less than that of the bucket on which itis to be mounted, and having lips punched outwardly and upwardlytherefrom intermediate its width and spaced about its periphery andadapted to seat on a bucket top to support the lower portion of theannulus within the bucket, and said annulus having strainer-clothengaging teeth formed integrally therewith and on the top edge thereof.

ANTHONY DARIANO.

